All in a day’s work

Moose Orvis, owner, and Dragon Quesnel of Moose Rubbish & Recycling of Bridport, remove a defunct photocopier from the Eagle newspaper’s office last week. Orvis started the local business in 2012.

Two men named Moose and Dragon are either going to be burly bar bouncers or two guys with hearts of gold. We’ll pick the latter because we know Randy “Moose” Orvis and David “Dragon” Quesnel; the duo take their jobs seriously, have a little fun while getting the task compelted, and clearly go out of the way to make sure their customers get lots of TLC (that’s short for tender loving care).

Moose Orvis, owner of Moose Rubbish & Recycling of Bridport, hired Dragon Quesnel as his assistant in this not always glamorous business of trucking other folks refuse to the county transfer station.

“Because this isn’t my full-time job, I can keep the overhead down,” said Moose Orvis. “I haul away anything from rubbish to hazardous waste. Of course, when it comes to hazardous materials, we come out to your place and look at what you have before taking an (environmatally sensitive) course of disposal action.”

When he’s not driving his business’s flatbed truck, Moose Orvis is familiar to Bridport-area teachers, families and youngsters; he’s a Betcha Transit bus driver known for his courtesy and safety consciousness. Moose’s caring as a school bus driver has paid off, too. When he’s off duty, he’s busy building a successful rubbish and recycling business.

““Unlike our big competitors,” said Orvis, “we do recycling every week. So if your’s piles up quickly, we can be there to move it out.”

In addition to standard rubbish and recycling, Moose also picks up old kitchen and electronic appliances, even furniture.

“Just put that old sofa or fridge out with your trash and we’ll sort it at curbside for you,” he noted.

Moose keeps his rates low for customers.

For example, a little charge in winter for taking away appliances is deferred during the summer months—a nice little benefit when dealing with Moose.

“We always try to keep the customer in mind,” he said.

Starting in March 2012, Moose Rubbish & Recycling has taken off like a rocket. Moose and Dragon are a little surprised by the success.

“We can do more for less, I guess, because we’re doing this part time,” he reflected.

Moose’s service covers most of Addison County with his northern most customers living in Starksboro and the core customers being in central and southern sections. No matter, if you need someone like Moose, he’s happy to see if he and Dragon can help.

For inquiries about rubbish, recycling and other related services, call Moose Orvis at 802-758-2097 or 802-377-5006.